Whole Genome Mining and Characterization of a New Probiotic Strain Levilactobacillus brevis ILSH3 from Handia: An Ethnic Fermented Beverage of Odisha, India.

Isolation and characterization of probiotics from traditional fermented food have contributed many beneficial strains to the field of health and nutritional sciences. Handia, a traditional fermented alcoholic beverage popular in different parts of Odisha, was our source of isolation. This study characterizes one such potential bacteria, Levilactobacillus brevis ILSH3 (H3) isolated from Handia.

Randomized Informational Intervention and Adult Park Use and Park-Based Physical Activity in Low-Income, Racially Diverse Urban Neighborhoods.

Background: Neighborhood parks are important locations to encourage and stimulate physical activity (PA) among the urban population. This study aims to evaluate the impact of an informational intervention on adult park use and PA behaviors in 3 low-income, racially diverse urban neighborhoods in Minneapolis, MN.

Method: The study employed a household-level randomized controlled trial and collected baseline and follow-up data from 171 participants.

Immuno-stimulatory effect and toxicology studies of salt pan bacteria as probiotics to combat shrimp diseases in aquaculture.

The shrimp aquaculture industry has experienced serious economic losses due to diseases caused by Vibrio species. The application of antibiotics to combat diseases has led to environmental hazards, antibiotic-resistance in pathogens and accumulation of antibiotics in tissues. This study explores the use of probiotics as an alternative to antibiotics.

Understanding subjective well-being: perspectives from psychology and public health.

Background: Individual subjective well-being (SWB) is essential for creating and maintaining healthy, productive societies. The literature on SWB is vast and dispersed across multiple disciplines. However, few reviews have summarized the theoretical and empirical tenets of SWB literature across disciplinary boundaries.

Connecting Air Quality with Emotional Well-Being and Neighborhood Infrastructure in a US City.

Cities in the United States have announced initiatives to become more sustainable, healthy, resilient, livable, and environmentally friendly. However, indicators for measuring all outcomes related to these targets and the synergies between them have not been well defined or studied. One such relationship is the linkage between air quality with emotional well-being (EWB) and neighborhood infrastructure.

Iterated multisource exchangeability models for individualized inference with an application to mobile sensor data.

Researchers are increasingly interested in using sensor technology to collect accurate activity information and make individualized inference about treatments, exposures, and policies. How to optimally combine population data with data from an individual remains an open question. Multisource exchangeability models (MEMs) are a Bayesian approach for increasing precision by combining potentially heterogeneous supplemental data sources into analysis of a primary source.

Psychrotolerant Antarctic bacteria biosynthesize gold nanoparticles active against sulphate reducing bacteria.

This study evaluates the biosynthesis of gold nanoparticle (GNP) using Antarctic bacteria and assesses its potential antibacterial activity on sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB). The GNPs were biosynthesized at distinct temperatures (4°, 10°, 25°, 30° and 37° C) using bacterial isolate GL1.3, obtained from Antarctic lake water.

Co-selection of multi-antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens in metal and microplastic contaminated environments: An emerging health threat.

Misuse/over use of antibiotics increases the threats to human health since this is a main reason behind evolution of antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens. However, metals such as mercury, lead, zinc, copper and cadmium are accumulating to critical concentration in the environment and triggering co-selection of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. The co-selection of metal driven antibiotic resistance in bacteria is achieved through co-resistance or cross resistance.

Effects of iron nanoparticles on iron-corroding bacteria.

The toxicological effects of FeO nanoparticles were evaluated with an iron-corroding bacterium (ICB) for preventing the biocorrosion of iron. FeO nanoparticles of 18 nm were successfully prepared and characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns and scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS). A halophilic ICB strain L4 was isolated from Ribandar saltpan Goa, India and identified biochemically and by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis as sp.

Native hypersaline sulphate reducing bacteria contributes to iron nanoparticle formation in saltpan sediment: A concern for aquaculture.

A hypersaline dissimilatory sulphate reducing bacterium, strain LS4, isolated from the sediments of Ribander saltpan, Goa, India was found to produce (FeO) maghemite nanoparticles. The presence of maghemite nanoparticles was also detected in the same sediment. Strain LS4 was isolated anaerobically on modified Hatchikian's media at 300 psu, growing optimally at 30 °C, 150 psu salinity and pH 7.

Park-Use Behavior and Perceptions by Race, Hispanic Origin, and Immigrant Status in Minneapolis, MN: Implications on Park Strategies for Addressing Health Disparities.

The study examines the connections between minority status, park use behavior, and park-related perceptions using recent survey data from three low-income neighborhoods in Minneapolis, MN. Blacks and foreign-born residents are found to underutilize parks. Blacks, Asians, and American Indians perceive fewer health benefits of parks than whites, including the benefits of parks for providing exercise/relaxation opportunities and family gathering spaces.

Family structure and park use among parents.

Background: Despite the increasingly diversified family structure in the U.S., little research examines differences in park use between nontraditional and traditional family structures.

Neighborhood green, social support, physical activity, and stress: assessing the cumulative impact.

We estimate the cumulative stress mitigating impact of neighborhood greenness by investigating whether neighborhood green mitigates stress directly, and indirectly by encouraging physical activity and/or fostering social support. Using data from a recent community health survey in Chicago and two-stage instrumental variables regression modeling, we find that different components of neighborhood green play distinct roles in influencing stress. Park spaces are found to indirectly mitigate stress by fostering social support.